General

Earlier this evening, Company 20 assisted Saint Mary’s Catholic Church with the lighting of their Christmas tree. With the help of Tower 204, Boy Scout Troop 44, and Saint Mary’s church members, the tree was lit just in time for the upcoming Christmas season. Thank you to Saint Mary’s for asking us to assist – we are always happy to serve our community!

Company 20 responded to 75 calls for service. Included in those numbers were 2 working structure fires, 2 working vehicle fires, 8 vehicle accidents with injury (2 with entrapment) and 4 vehicle accidents without injury.

Star City Story Time visited the fire department on Tuesday, October 13th. The kids read a book and made crafts relating to firefighting and fire safety. They also got to meet Pierce, our fire house dog, learn about equipment we use, and see the inside of a fire truck.

10/9/2015: Today Company 20 personnel participated in WVU’s annual homecoming parade in downtown Morgantown. Engine 201 and Squad 203 attended with full crews and were available on scene and during parade to respond to any incidents. Company 20 crews as well as all spectators enjoyed the sights, sounds and events surrounding homecoming as many people return to Morgantown to celebrate. LET’S GO MOUNTAINEERS!!!

Today September 11, 2015 the members of Star City Fire and EMS pause, reflect, remember and honor those individuals from Police, EMS and Fire that made the ultimate sacrifice on September 11, 2001. Daily these and countless other bold and fearless public servants suit up, head out and face the challenges of the day knowing full well that when they leave their friends and loved ones at home that they may never come home again. Today we do not mourn the deaths of those who have gone on before us, but rather choose to celebrate their lives and honor the selfless sacrifices made on that fateful day. Rest well our brothers and sisters. Listed below are all the confirmed line of duty deaths on September 11, 2001:

FDNY Chief

Peter J. Ganci, Jr., 54

FDNY Commissioner

William M. Feehan, 72

FDNY Marshal

Ronald Paul Bucca, 47

FDNY Chaplain

Mychal Judge, 68

Battalion 1

Chief Matthew Lancelot Ryan, 54

Lt. Paul Thomas Mitchell, 46

Battalion 2

Chief William McGovern, 49

Chief Richard Prunty, 57

Faustino Apostol, Jr., 55

Battalion 4

Lt. Thomas O’Hagan, 43

Battalion 6

Chief John P. Williamson, 46

Battalion 7

Chief Orio Palmer, 45

Lt. Stephen G. Harrell, 44

Lt. Philip Scott Petti, 43

Battalion 8

Chief Thomas Patrick DeAngelis, 51

Thomas McCann, 45

Battalion 9

Chief Dennis Lawrence Devlin, 51

Chief Edward F. Geraghty, 45

Lt. Charles William Garbarini, 44

Carl Asaro, 39

Alan D. Feinberg, 48

Battalion 11

Chief John M. Paolillo, 51

Battalion 12

Chief Frederick Claude Scheffold, Jr., 57

Battalion 22

Lt. Charles Joseph Margiotta, 44

Battalion 43

Lt. Geoffrey E. Guja, 49

Battalion 47

Lt. Anthony Jovic, 39

Battalion 48

Chief Joseph Grzelak, 52

Michael Leopoldo Bocchino, 45

Battalion 49

Chief John Moran, 42

Battalion 50

Chief Lawrence T. Stack, 58

Battalion 57

Chief Dennis Cross, 60

Chief Joseph Ross Marchbanks, Jr, 47

Division 1

Capt. Joseph D. Farrelly, 47

Capt. Thomas Moody, 45

Division 11

Capt. Timothy M. Stackpole, 42

Division 15

Chief Thomas Theodore Haskell, Jr., 37

Capt. Martin J. Egan, Jr., 36

Capt. William O’Keefe, 48

Engine 1

Lt. Andrew Desperito, 43

Michael T. Weinberg, 34

Engine 4

Calixto Anaya, Jr, 35

James C. Riches, 29

Thomas G. Schoales, 27

Paul A. Tegtmeier, 41

Engine 5

Manuel Del Valle, Jr, 32

Engine 6

Paul Beyer, 37

Thomas Holohan, 36

William R. Johnston, 31

Engine 8

Robert Parro, 35

Engine 10

Lt. Gregg Arthur Atlas, 44

Jeffrey James Olsen, 31

Engine 21

Capt. William Francis Burke, Jr., 46

Engine 22

Thomas Anthony Casoria, 29

Michael J. Elferis, 27

Vincent D. Kane, 37

Martin E. McWilliams, 35

Engine 23

Robert McPadden, 30

James Nicholas Pappageorge, 29

Hector Luis Tirado, Jr., 30

Mark P. Whitford, 31

Engine 26

Capt. Thomas Farino, 37

Dana R Hannon, 29

Engine 29

Michael Ragusa, 29

Engine 33

Lt. Kevin Pfeifer, 42

David Arce, 36

Michael Boyle, 37

Robert Evans, 36

Keithroy Marcellus Maynard, 30

Engine 37

John Giordano, 47

Engine 40

Lt. John F. Ginley, 37

Kevin Bracken, 37

Michael D. D’Auria, 25

Bruce Gary, 51

Steven Mercado, 38

Engine 50

Robert W. Spear, Jr., 30

Engine 54

Paul John Gill, 34

Jose Guadalupe, 37

Christopher Santora, 23

Engine 55

Lt. Peter L. Freund, 45

Robert Lane, 28

Christopher Mozzillo, 27

Stephen P. Russell, 40

Engine 58

Lt. Robert B. Nagel, 55

Engine 74

Ruben D. Correa, 44

Engine 201

Lt. Paul Richard Martini, 37

Gregory Joseph Buck, 37

Christopher Pickford, 32

John Albert Schardt, 34

Engine 205

Lt. Robert Francis Wallace, 43

Engine 207

Karl Henry Joseph, 25

Shawn Edward Powell, 32

Kevin O. Reilly, 28

Engine 214

Lt. Carl John Bedigian, 35

John Joseph Florio, 33

Michael Edward Roberts, 31

Kenneth Thomas Watson, 39

Engine 216

Daniel Suhr, 37

Engine 217

Lt. Kenneth Phelan, 41

Steven Coakley, 36

Philip T. Hayes, 67

Neil Joseph Leavy, 34

Engine 219

John Chipura, 39

Engine 226

Brian McAleese, 36

David Paul De Rubbio, 38

Stanley S. Smagala, Jr., 36

Engine 230

Lt. Brian G. Ahearn, 43

Frank Bonomo, 42

Michael Scott Carlo, 34

Jeffrey Stark, 30

Eugene Whelan, 31

Edward James White III, 30

Engine 235

Lt. Steven Bates, 42

Nicholas Paul Chiofalo, 39

Francis Esposito, 32

Lee S. Fehling, 28

Lawrence G. Veling, 44

Engine 238

Lt. Glenn E. Wilkinson, 46

Engine 279

Ronnie Lee Henderson, 52

Anthony Rodriguez, 36

Engine 285

Raymond R. York, 45

Engine 320

Capt. James J. Corrigan, 60

Haz-Mat 1

Lt. John A. Crisci, 48

Dennis M. Carey, 51

Martin N. DeMeo, 47

Thomas Gardner, 39

Jonathan R. Hohmann, 48

Dennis Scauso, 46

Kevin Joseph Smith, 47

Ladder 2

Capt. Frederick Ill, Jr, 49

Michael J. Clarke, 27

George DiPasquale, 33

Denis P. Germain, 33

Daniel Edward Harlin, 41

Carl Molinaro, 32

Dennis Michael Mulligan, 32

Ladder 3

Capt. Patrick J. Brown, 48

Lt. Kevin W. Donnelly, 43

Michael Carroll, 39

James Raymond Coyle, 26

Gerard Dewan, 35

Jeffrey John Giordano, 45

Joseph Maloney, 45

John Kevin McAvoy, 47

Timothy Patrick McSweeney, 37

Joseph J. Ogren, 30

Steven John Olson, 38

Ladder 4

Capt. David Terence Wooley, 54

Lt. Daniel O’Callaghan, 42

Joseph Angelini, Jr, 38

Peter Brennan, 30

Michael E. Brennan, 27

Michael Haub, 34

Michael F. Lynch, 33

Samuel Oitice, 45

John James Tipping II, 33

Ladder 5

Lt. Vincent Francis Giammona, 40

Lt. Michael Warchola, 51

Louis Arena, 32

Andrew Brunn, 28

Thomas Hannafin, 36

Paul Hanlon Keating, 38

John A. Santore, 49

Gregory Thomas Saucedo, 31

Ladder 7

Capt. Vernon Allan Richard, 53

George Cain, 35

Robert Joseph Foti, 42

Richard Muldowney Jr, 40

Charles Mendez, 38

Vincent Princiotta, 39

Ladder 8

Lt. Vincent Gerard Halloran, 43

Ladder 9

Gerard Baptiste, 35

John P. Tierney, 27

Jeffrey P. Walz, 37

Ladder 10

Sean Patrick Tallon, 26

Ladder 11

Lt. Michael Quilty, 42

Michael F. Cammarata, 22

Edward James Day, 45

John F. Heffernan, 37

Richard John Kelly, Jr, 50

Robert King, Jr, 36

Matthew Rogan, 37

Ladder 12

Angel L. Juarbe, Jr, 35

Michael D. Mullan, 34

Ladder 13

Capt. Walter G. Hynes, 46

Thomas Hetzel, 33

Dennis McHugh, 34

Thomas E. Sabella, 44

Gregory Stajk, 46

Ladder 15

Lt. Joseph Gerard Leavey, 45

Richard Lanard Allen, 30

Arthur Thaddeus Barry, 35

Thomas W. Kelly, 50

Scott Kopytko, 32

Scott Larsen, 35

Douglas E. Oelschlager, 36

Eric T. Olsen, 41

Ladder 16

Lt. Raymond E. Murphy, 46

Robert Curatolo, 31

Ladder 20

Capt. John R. Fischer, 46

John Patrick Burnside, 36

James Michael Gray, 34

Sean S. Hanley, 35

David Laforge, 50

Robert Thomas Linnane, 33

Robert D. McMahon, 35

Ladder 21

Gerald T. Atwood, 38

Gerard Duffy, 53

Keith Glascoe, 38

Joseph Henry, 25

William E. Krukowski, 36

Benjamin Suarez, 34

Ladder 24

Capt. Daniel J. Brethel, 43

Stephen Elliot Belson, 51

Ladder 25

Lt. Glenn C. Perry, 41

Matthew Barnes, 37

John Michael Collins, 42

Kenneth Kumpel, 42

Robert Minara, 54

Joseph Rivelli, 43

Paul G. Ruback, 50

Ladder 27

John Marshall, 35

Ladder 35

Capt. Frank Callahan, 51

James Andrew Giberson, 43

Vincent S. Morello, 34

Michael Otten, 42

Michael Roberts, 30

Ladder 38

Joseph Spor, Jr., 35

Ladder 42

Peter Alexander Bielfeld, 44

Ladder 101

Lt. Joseph Gullickson, 37

Patrick Byrne, 39

Salvatore B. Calabro, 38

Brian Cannizzaro, 30

Thomas J. Kennedy, 36

Joseph Maffeo, 31

Terence A. McShane, 37

Ladder 105

Capt. Vincent Brunton, 43

Thomas Richard Kelly, 39

Henry Alfred Miller, Jr, 51

Dennis O’Berg, 28

Frank Anthony Palombo, 46

Ladder 111

Lt. Christopher P. Sullivan, 39

Ladder 118

Lt. Robert M. Regan, 48

Joseph Agnello, 35

Vernon Paul Cherry, 49

Scott Matthew Davidson, 33

Leon Smith, Jr., 48

Peter Anthony Vega, 36

Ladder 131

Christian Michael Otto Regenhard, 28

Ladder 132

Andrew Jordan, 36

Michael Kiefer, 25

Thomas Mingione, 34

John T. Vigiano II, 36

Sergio Villanueva, 33

Ladder 136

Michael Joseph Cawley, 32

Ladder 166

William X. Wren, 61

Rescue 1

Capt. Terence S. Hatton, 41

Lt. Dennis Mojica, 50

Joseph Angelini, Sr., 63

Gary Geidel, 44

William Henry, 49

Kenneth Joseph Marino, 40

Michael Montesi, 39

Gerard Terence Nevins, 46

Patrick J. O’Keefe, 44

Brian Edward Sweeney, 29

David M. Weiss, 41

Rescue 2

Lt. Peter C. Martin, 43

William David Lake, 44

Daniel F. Libretti, 43

John Napolitano, 32

Kevin O’Rourke, 44

Lincoln Quappe, 38

Edward Rall, 44

Rescue 3

Christopher Joseph Blackwell, 42

Thomas Foley, 32

Thomas Gambino, Jr., 48

Raymond Meisenheimer, 46

Donald J. Regan, 47

Gerard Patrick Schrang, 45

Rescue 4

Capt. Brian Hickey, 47

Lt. Kevin Dowdell, 46

Terrence Patrick Farrell, 45

William J. Mahoney, 37

Peter Allen Nelson, 42

Durrell V. Pearsall, 34

Rescue 5

Capt. Louis Joseph Modafferi, 45

Lt. Harvey Harrell, 49

John P. Bergin, 39

Carl Vincent Bini, 44

Michael Curtis Fiore, 46

Andre G. Fletcher, 37

Douglas Charles Miller, 34

Jeffrey Matthew Palazzo, 33

Nicholas P. Rossomando, 35

Allan Tarasiewicz, 45

Special Operations

Chief Raymond Mathew Downey, 63

Capt. Patrick J. Waters, 44

Lt. Timothy Higgins, 43

Lt. Michael Thomas Russo, Sr, 44

Squad 1

Capt. James M. Amato, 43

Lt. Edward A. D’Atri, 38

Lt. Michael Esposito, 41

Lt. Michael N. Fodor, 53

Brian Bilcher, 37

Gary Box, 37

Thomas M. Butler, 37

Peter Carroll, 42

Robert Cordice, 28

David J. Fontana, 37

Matthew David Garvey, 37

Stephen Gerard Siller, 34

Squad 18

Lt. William E. McGinn, 43

Eric Allen, 44

Andrew Fredricks, 40

David Halderman, 40

Timothy Haskell, 34

Manuel Mojica, 37

Lawrence Virgilio, 38

Squad 41

Lt. Michael K. Healey, 42

Thomas Patrick Cullen III, 31

Robert Hamilton, 43

Michael J. Lyons, 32

Gregory Sikorsky, 34

R. Bruce Van Hine, 48

Squad 252

Tarel Coleman, 32

Thomas Kuveikis, 48

Peter J. Langone, 41

Patrick Lyons, 34

Kevin Prior, 28

Squad 288

Lt. Ronald T. Kerwin, 42

Ronnie E. Gies, 43

Joseph Hunter, 31

Jonathan Lee Ielpi, 29

Adam David Rand, 30

Timothy Matthew Welty, 34

EMS Battalion 49

Paramedic Carlos R. Lillo, 37

EMS Battalion 57

Paramedic Ricardo J. Quinn, 40

Port Authority Police Department

Supt. Ferdinand V. Morrone, 63

Chief James A. Romito, 51

Lt. Robert D. Cirri

Insp. Anthony P. Infante, Jr., 47

Capt. Kathy Nancy Mazza, 46

Sgt. Robert M. Kaulfers, 49

Donald James McIntyre, 38

Walter Arthur McNeil, 53

Joseph Michael Navas, 44

James Nelson, 40

Alfonse J. Niedermeyer, 40

James Wendell Parham, 32

Dominick A. Pezzulo, 36

Antonio J. Rodrigues, 35

Richard Rodriguez, 31

Bruce Albert Reynolds, 41

Christopher C. Amoroso, 29

Maurice V. Barry, 48

Clinton Davis, Sr., 38

Donald A. Foreman, 53

Gregg J. Froehner, 46

Uhuru Gonga Houston, 32

George G. Howard, 44

Thomas E. Gorman

Stephen Huczko, Jr., 44

Paul William Jurgens, 47

Liam Callahan, 44

Paul Laszczynski, 49

David Prudencio Lemagne, 27

John Joseph Lennon, Jr., 44

John Dennis Levi, 50

James Francis Lynch, 47

John P. Skala, 31

Walwyn W. Stuart, Jr., 28

Kenneth F. Tietjen, 31

Nathaniel Webb

Michael T. Wholey

Sirius, K-9

New York City Police Department

Sgt. Timothy A. Roy, Sr., 36

Sgt. John Gerard Coughlin, 43

Sgt. Rodney C. Gillis, 33

Sgt. Michael S. Curtin, 45

Det. Joseph V. Vigiano, 34

Det. Claude Daniel Richards, 46

Moira Ann Smith, 38

Ramon Suarez, 45

Paul Talty, 40

Santos Valentin, Jr., 39

Walter E. Weaver, 30

Ronald Philip Kloepfer, 39

Thomas M. Langone, 39

James Patrick Leahy, 38

Brian Grady McDonnell, 38

John William Perry, 38

Glen Kerrin Pettit, 30

John D’Allara, 47

Vincent Danz, 38

Jerome M. P. Dominguez, 37

Stephen P. Driscoll, 38

Mark Joseph Ellis, 26

Robert Fazio, Jr., 41

Private emergency medical services

Keith Fairben, 24, – Paramedic

Richard Pearlman, 18, – EMT

Mario Santoro, 28 – Paramedic

Yamel Merino, 24 – EMT

Mohammad Salman Hamdani, 23 – EMT and also a member of the New York City Police Department Cadet Corps

Today, Engine 201, Squad 203, Medic 21, and Pierce, the station dog met with local children and their families for Star City’s Community Day. Those attending were able to see our equipment first hand, ask questions about our operations and equipment, sit inside the apparatus, and even meet Pierce, our dalmatian.

A fundraiser will be held at the Five Guys in Suncrest Town Center on Tuesday, May 5th and Wednesday, May 6th from 5pm-8pm. Please spread the word and make sure to tell them you’re there to support the Star City VFD when you order!